Life Workshop
Podcast host Mo Nazari enlightens you on the forgotten basics of life, the things that often we know but simply have forgotten about or never gave them enough thoughts. Making small changes that improve our life tremendously. Promoting curiosity. As Mo likes to say "Comments are NOT welcome, Questions are"
Episodes
73 episodes
S2E18 Money, shall we save and how-Part 2
Chinese save 45 percent of their income vs Americans only saving 5 percent, We are slaves of our habits. Change your habits to a better one.We often buy emotionally and justify rationally. Why does the word splurge...
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S2E17 Money, shall we save and how-Part 1
Some say you don't have to worry about saving since you might be dead by tomorrow. My question is, have you died over the past several years :) Most likely you won't be dead for the next several years as well. These are simple stats. T...
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S2E16 Gossip, good or bad-Part 2
If you are the target of gossip:1. Ask the news bearer to stop the gossiper from gossiping and ask the gossiper to come to you. Help the news bearer to be a gossip stopper with all the steps above.2. Then ask for details and the exact w...
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S2E15 Gossip, good or bad-Part 1
There are 3 types of people: People who talk about people, people who talk about the news and people who talk about ideas.You can't consume gossip without bias and the presumption of your own experience.First and foremost ...
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S2E14 Which comes first, education or experience-Part 3
Education is the foundation, experience is topping. For further improvement we need further education first.For making decisions in a field where there are no studies or stats to help me make the right choice, I follow this principle: I do ...
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S2E6 Goal setting vs changing behavior
At times we have to set goals to meet eg have to catch a flight you need to be on time otherwise you miss the flight. Other times there is no need to force yourself into a tight schedule and rather you need to change behavior and keep going, e....
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S2E5 Goal setting-Currier
Should you follow what you like or what you are good at?"liking or passion" are feelings and can be changed at any time. But on the other hand some of our abilities are simply due to how our brain is wired e.g. being good at memorizing stuf...
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S2E4 Goal setting-life
First one should decide what's their main purpose in life, a "mission statement", then the smaller goals can be aligned to get there.I hope the main purpose in life is to have a good life, be happy. In that case the following are some of th...
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S2E3 Passion-part 3
What are the things that kill your passion:1. When you say "I don't care".2. When you don't get good at something and don't succeed. Success fuels passion more than passion fuels success.3. Lack of need. When you start feeling comfo...
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S2E2 Passion-part 2
You are not born with passion, you create passion.Don't find your passion, learn how to become passionate about the things that make your life better.What do we need to get passionate about? The things we NEED in life, such as work,...
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S2E1 Passion-part 1
Passion is what you want to do vs what you have to do.If passion takes control of you, it's an addiction. Passion should make life better. Toxic passion damages your life more than improving it.Passion is the spice of life. Life wit...
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S1E52 How do we draw quick conclusions and why Part 3
Some examples of making wrong connections: party with drinking, party or drinking with having a good time.At times we draw conclusions from extraordinary situations, not the most common ones. I say we should draw conclusion from the rules o...
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Life Workshop | Episode 51 | How do we draw quick conclusions and why? part 2
At times we make mistakes e.g. driving into the garage door and call ourselves or others Stupid although it is a mistake or Accident. Wrong wordings result in wrong conclusions and wrong feelings. The most simple way to avoid making wrong...
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S1E51 How do we draw quick conclusions and why part 2
At times we make mistakes e.g. driving into the garage door and call ourselves or others Stupid although it is a mistake or Accident. Wrong wordings result in wrong conclusions and wrong feelings.The most simple way to avoid making wrong co...
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Life Workshop | Episode 50 | How do we draw quick conclusions and why? Part 1
It is true that when ice cream sales go up we have more shark attacks. This is because they occur during the warmer months. However the correlation between the two has nothing to do with the causation that the shark attacks are because of...
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Life Workshop | Episode 49 | Speak Accurately, Listen Professionally. Part 2
Your game becomes better when you play with a good player. When you speak clearly or ask more detailed questions, you encourage the other party to be more clear as well. Although there can be some truth to the generalizations...
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